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public Veterinary school, with sheds, &c, for diseased 

 cattle, wherein methods of cure may be tried. The 

 Society resolved that books on this art in foreign 

 languages should be translated into English, and con- 

 densed and arranged under special heads for refer- 

 ence ; General Vallancey, Dr. Richard Kirwan, and 

 Arthur McGwire were to form a committee for the 

 purpose. 



The Imperial Parliament, in 1801, made the Society 

 a yearly grant of £5500; and in a petition to Parlia- 

 ment a sum of £27,141 was prayed for — £15,898 to 

 complete the buildings, and £3000 to finish the 

 statistical surveys of counties, partly completed. A 

 sum of £3772 was stated to be due to tradesmen 

 on account of buildings; £2610 were required to 

 finish the repository in Hawkins street, and £1667 

 to rebuild the drawing schools, now in a ruinous 

 state. The petition went on to show that the Society 

 had been encouraged by the liberality of the Irish 

 Parliament in its last session, to enlarge their plans 

 for the encouragement of agriculture and manufac- 

 tures. It expressed the entire confidence of the Society 

 in the liberality of the Imperial Parliament, and its 

 desire to carry into effect the national improvements 

 adopted by the late Parliament of Ireland. An im- 

 mediate grant of £11,277, as absolutely necessary, 

 was prayed. 



In 1803, £5500 were granted for support of the 

 Society, and £4500 for additional buildings. In May 

 of that year it was resolved, owing to the want of 

 funds, that no money was to be henceforth expended 

 except in fulfilling engagements, and no new work was 

 to be undertaken without a special report from the 

 committee of economy. The statistical surveys were 

 also to be discontinued. In August the economy 



